Combined cane and flag



(No Model.)

- E. GASH.

GOMBINED GANE AND FLAG.

No. 479,590. Patented July 26, 1892.

WIT/VESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

EDGAR GASII, OF MAOOMB, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED CANE AND FLAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,590, dated July 26, 1892.

Application led March 26, 1892. Serial No. 426,481. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, EDGAR GAsH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Macomb, in the county of McDonough and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Flag-Stas and Attachments for Attaching Flags to Walking-Canes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in Hag-staffs and attachments for walkin g-canes and its novelty will be fully set forth in the following specication and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis an elevation of the flag-staff with flag unfurled, also showing the lower section of the walking-cane to which the staff is attached. Fig. 2 represents a section of the lower end of a walking-cane, showing the lower end of the nag-staff when placed in the tubular section ot' the cane. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the flag-staff on the line 'y y, Fig. l, showing the construction of the staff and manner of attaching the flag. Fig. 4represents the eyes formed on the ends of the guide-frame.

In the several views, A represents the lower end of awalking-cane, which is composed of a metal tube of sufficient length and size so that the flag-statt and flag can be inserted therein, all except the lower part of the ferrule J, which extends out sufficiently to be grasped by the thumb and finger (see Fig. 2) and drawn out when required.

, The main feature in this invention consists in the construction of a flag-staff in two parts consisting of two half-round springmetal rods, (see Fig. 3,) which at the lower end are secured firmly in the plug d, which is rmly tted in the lower end ot the ferrule J, the upper end of which is slotted, which causes its sides to act as springs, so that when the ferrule is placed in the tubular part of the cane the sides of the ferrule spring against the inside of the tube sufficiently to keep the Hag-staff straight and erect when -displaying the iag. The upper end of the dag-staff is firmly secured in a spear-head or ornament. This mode of attachment at each end of the rods, having their flat sides placed together, causes them to lie close together. (See Fig. 3.) The rods are sprung apart sufciently to insert the end of the flag between them. Then the rods are allowed to spring back and clamp the ag, which holds it rmly in place. 'Ihe guide-frame e is constructed with eyes S s (see Fig. 4) at each end, which are bent at right angles, which eyes are fitted loosely around the staff a.. When furling the ag, their guide-frame keeps the Hag straight and smooth and in the right position for being inserted into the tubular part of the cane when not wanted for display.

The operation is as follows: The operator, when in a procession of any kind and wishing to display the iag of his country, grasps thelower end of theferruleldraws outthe agstatt', and nnfurlsthe flag, and then reverses the ferrule .l and places it in the lower end of the cane. The cane is then reversed and the flag is held above the head, so that a full display of the flag is made.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a flag-staff and attachment for walkingcanes, the flag-statt' a, in two parts composed of two halt-round spring-metal rods, the slotted reversible ferrule J, rigidly attached to the lower end of the staff, the upper end of the staff being securely attached to a spearhead or ornament, and the guide-frame e, having eyes s s, which are fitted loosely around the staff at each end, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

EDGAR GASH.

Vitnesses:

T. J. PRICE, Gr. A. FRANKLIN. 

